An oil refinery is shown near Houston following Hurricane Harvey August 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Texas refineries have become an important source of petroleum product exports for countries like Mexico. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) This year the U.S. has averaged more than 900,000 barrels per day (BPD) of crude oil exports while continuing to import an average of 8.1 million BPD. In the previous article , I discussed the reasons the U.S. exports oil, despite the fact that we are still a significant net importer of crude oil. In a nutshell, the quality of the oil that is being exported is often a better fit for foreign refineries than the oil that is imported. It may also be logistically preferable to ship domestic oil to certain foreign refineries. From 1975 until late 2015, a crude oil export ban restricted crude oil exports from the U.S. […]